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data/tracks/ruby/exercises/protein-translation/README.md

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+# Protein Translation
+
+Translate RNA sequences into proteins.
+
+RNA can be broken into three nucleotide sequences called codons, and then translated to a polypeptide like so:
+
+RNA: `"AUGUUUUCU"` => translates to
+
+Codons: `"AUG", "UUU", "UCU"`
+=> which become a polypeptide with the following sequence =>
+
+Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
+ 
+There are 64 codons which in turn correspond to 20 amino acids; however, all of the codon sequences and resulting amino acids are not important in this exercise.  If it works for one codon, the program should work for all of them.
+However, feel free to expand the list in the test suite to include them all.  
+
+There are also four terminating codons (also known as 'STOP' codons); if any of these codons are encountered (by the ribosome), all translation ends and the protein is terminated.
+
+All subsequent codons after are ignored, like this:
+
+RNA: `"AUGUUUUCUUAAAUG"` =>
+
+Codons: `"AUG", "UUU", "UCU", "UAG", "AUG"` => 
+
+Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
+
+Note the stop codon terminates the translation and the final methionine is not translated into the protein sequence.
+
+Below are the codons and resulting Amino Acids needed for the exercise.
+
+Codon                 | Protein
+:---                  | :---
+AUG                   | Methionine
+UUU, UUC              | Phenylalanine
+UUA, UUG              | Leucine
+UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG    | Serine
+UAU, UAC              | Tyrosine
+UGU, UGC              | Cysteine
+UGG                   | Tryptophan
+UAA, UAG, UGA         | STOP
+
+
+Learn more about [protein translation on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_(biology))
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Tyler Long
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/proverb/README.md

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+# Proverb
+
+For want of a horseshoe nail, a kingdom was lost, or so the saying goes. Output
+the full text of this proverbial rhyme:
+
+> For want of a nail the shoe was lost.  
+> For want of a shoe the horse was lost.  
+> For want of a horse the rider was lost.  
+> For want of a rider the message was lost.  
+> For want of a message the battle was lost.  
+> For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.  
+> And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/pythagorean-triplet/README.md

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+# Pythagorean Triplet
+
+A Pythagorean triplet is a set of three natural numbers, {a, b, c}, for
+which,
+
+```
+a**2 + b**2 = c**2
+```
+
+For example, 
+
+```
+3**2 + 4**2 = 9 + 16 = 25 = 5**2.
+```
+
+There exists exactly one Pythagorean triplet for which a + b + c = 1000.
+
+Find the product a * b * c.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Problem 9 at Project Euler [http://projecteuler.net/problem=9](http://projecteuler.net/problem=9)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/queen-attack/README.md

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+# Queen Attack
+
+Given the position of two queens on a chess board, indicate whether or not they
+are positioned so that they can attack each other.
+
+In the game of chess, a queen can attack pieces which are on the same
+row, column, or diagonal.
+
+A chessboard can be represented by an 8 by 8 array.
+
+So if you're told the white queen is at (2, 3) and the black queen at
+(5, 6), then you'd know you've got a set-up like so:
+
+```plain
+_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
+_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
+_ _ _ W _ _ _ _
+_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
+_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
+_ _ _ _ _ _ B _
+_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
+_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
+```
+
+You'd also be able to answer whether the queens can attack each other.
+In this case, that answer would be yes, they can, because both pieces
+share a diagonal.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+J Dalbey's Programming Practice problems [http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/103/Projects/ProgrammingPractice.html](http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/103/Projects/ProgrammingPractice.html)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/rail-fence-cipher/README.md

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+# Rail Fence Cipher
+
+Implement encoding and decoding for the rail fence cipher.
+
+The Rail Fence cipher is a form of transposition cipher that gets its name from
+the way in which it's encoded. It was already used by the ancient Greeks.
+
+In the Rail Fence cipher, the message is written downwards on successive "rails"
+of an imaginary fence, then moving up when we get to the bottom (like a zig-zag).
+Finally the message is then read off in rows.
+
+For example, using three "rails" and the message "WE ARE DISCOVERED FLEE AT ONCE",
+the cipherer writes out:
+```
+W . . . E . . . C . . . R . . . L . . . T . . . E
+. E . R . D . S . O . E . E . F . E . A . O . C .
+. . A . . . I . . . V . . . D . . . E . . . N . .
+```
+
+Then reads off:
+```
+WECRLTEERDSOEEFEAOCAIVDEN
+```
+
+
+To decrypt a message you take the zig-zag shape and fill the ciphertext along the rows.
+```
+? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ?
+. ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? .
+. . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . .
+```
+
+The first row has seven spots that can be filled with "WECRLTE".
+```
+W . . . E . . . C . . . R . . . L . . . T . . . E
+. ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? . ? .
+. . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . .
+```
+
+Now the 2nd row takes "ERDSOEEFEAOC".
+```
+W . . . E . . . C . . . R . . . L . . . T . . . E
+. E . R . D . S . O . E . E . F . E . A . O . C .
+. . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . . . ? . .
+```
+
+Leaving "AIVDEN" for the last row.
+```
+W . . . E . . . C . . . R . . . L . . . T . . . E
+. E . R . D . S . O . E . E . F . E . A . O . C .
+. . A . . . I . . . V . . . D . . . E . . . N . .
+```
+
+If you now read along the zig-zag shape you can read the original message.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposition_cipher#Rail_Fence_cipher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposition_cipher#Rail_Fence_cipher)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Raindrops
+
+Convert a number to a string, the contents of which depend on the number's factors.
+
+- If the number has 3 as a factor, output 'Pling'.
+- If the number has 5 as a factor, output 'Plang'.
+- If the number has 7 as a factor, output 'Plong'.
+- If the number does not have 3, 5, or 7 as a factor,
+  just pass the number's digits straight through.
+
+## Examples
+
+- 28's factors are 1, 2, 4, **7**, 14, 28.
+  - In raindrop-speak, this would be a simple "Plong".
+- 30's factors are 1, 2, **3**, **5**, 6, 10, 15, 30.
+  - In raindrop-speak, this would be a "PlingPlang".
+- 34 has four factors: 1, 2, 17, and 34.
+  - In raindrop-speak, this would be "34".
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+A variation on a famous interview question intended to weed out potential candidates. [http://jumpstartlab.com](http://jumpstartlab.com)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/rna-transcription/README.md

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+# Rna Transcription
+
+Given a DNA strand, return its RNA complement (per RNA transcription).
+
+Both DNA and RNA strands are a sequence of nucleotides.
+
+The four nucleotides found in DNA are adenine (**A**), cytosine (**C**),
+guanine (**G**) and thymine (**T**).
+
+The four nucleotides found in RNA are adenine (**A**), cytosine (**C**),
+guanine (**G**) and uracil (**U**).
+
+Given a DNA strand, its transcribed RNA strand is formed by replacing
+each nucleotide with its complement:
+
+* `G` -> `C`
+* `C` -> `G`
+* `T` -> `A`
+* `A` -> `U`
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Rosalind [http://rosalind.info/problems/rna](http://rosalind.info/problems/rna)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/robot-name/README.md

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+# Robot Name
+
+Manage robot factory settings.
+
+When robots come off the factory floor, they have no name.
+
+The first time you boot them up, a random name is generated in the format
+of two uppercase letters followed by three digits, such as RX837 or BC811.
+
+Every once in a while we need to reset a robot to its factory settings,
+which means that their name gets wiped. The next time you ask, it will
+respond with a new random name.
+
+The names must be random: they should not follow a predictable sequence.
+Random names means a risk of collisions. Your solution must ensure that
+every existing robot has a unique name.
+
+
+In order to make this easier to test, your solution will need to implement a
+`Robot.forget` method that clears any shared state that might exist to track
+duplicate robot names.
+
+Bonus points if this method does not need to do anything for your solution.
+
+
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+A debugging session with Paul Blackwell at gSchool. [http://gschool.it](http://gschool.it)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/robot-simulator/README.md

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+# Robot Simulator
+
+Write a robot simulator.
+
+A robot factory's test facility needs a program to verify robot movements.
+
+The robots have three possible movements:
+
+- turn right
+- turn left
+- advance
+
+Robots are placed on a hypothetical infinite grid, facing a particular
+direction (north, east, south, or west) at a set of {x,y} coordinates,
+e.g., {3,8}, with coordinates increasing to the north and east.
+
+The robot then receives a number of instructions, at which point the
+testing facility verifies the robot's new position, and in which
+direction it is pointing.
+
+- The letter-string "RAALAL" means:
+  - Turn right
+  - Advance twice
+  - Turn left
+  - Advance once
+  - Turn left yet again
+- Say a robot starts at {7, 3} facing north. Then running this stream
+  of instructions should leave it at {9, 4} facing west.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Inspired by an interview question at a famous company.
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/roman-numerals/README.md

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+# Roman Numerals
+
+Write a function to convert from normal numbers to Roman Numerals.
+
+The Romans were a clever bunch. They conquered most of Europe and ruled
+it for hundreds of years. They invented concrete and straight roads and
+even bikinis. One thing they never discovered though was the number
+zero. This made writing and dating extensive histories of their exploits
+slightly more challenging, but the system of numbers they came up with
+is still in use today. For example the BBC uses Roman numerals to date
+their programmes.
+
+The Romans wrote numbers using letters - I, V, X, L, C, D, M. (notice
+these letters have lots of straight lines and are hence easy to hack
+into stone tablets).
+
+```
+ 1  => I
+10  => X
+ 7  => VII
+```
+
+There is no need to be able to convert numbers larger than about 3000.
+(The Romans themselves didn't tend to go any higher)
+
+Wikipedia says: Modern Roman numerals ... are written by expressing each
+digit separately starting with the left most digit and skipping any
+digit with a value of zero.
+
+To see this in practice, consider the example of 1990.
+
+In Roman numerals 1990 is MCMXC:
+
+1000=M
+900=CM
+90=XC
+
+2008 is written as MMVIII:
+
+2000=MM
+8=VIII
+
+See also: http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+The Roman Numeral Kata [http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?KataRomanNumerals](http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?KataRomanNumerals)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/ruby/exercises/run-length-encoding/README.md

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+# Run Length Encoding
+
+Implement run-length encoding and decoding.
+
+Run-length encoding (RLE) is a simple form of data compression, where runs
+(consecutive data elements) are replaced by just one data value and count.
+
+For example we can represent the original 53 characters with only 13.
+
+```
+"WWWWWWWWWWWWBWWWWWWWWWWWWBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWB"  ->  "12WB12W3B24WB"
+```
+
+RLE allows the original data to be perfectly reconstructed from
+the compressed data, which makes it a lossless data compression.
+
+```
+"AABCCCDEEEE"  ->  "2AB3CD4E"  ->  "AABCCCDEEEE"
+```
+
+For simplicity, you can assume that the unencoded string will only contain
+the letters A through Z (either lower or upper case) and whitespace. This way 
+data to be encoded will never contain any numbers and numbers inside data to 
+be decoded always represent the count for the following character.
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+In order to run the test, you can run the test file from the exercise
+directory. For example, if the test suite is called
+`hello_world_test.rb`, you can run the following command:
+
+    ruby hello_world_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride hello_world_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.